1. Prices of old dwellings in blocks of flats rose in the July
to September period

According to preliminary data, prices of old dwellings in blocks
of flats rose by 0.6 per cent in the whole country compared to the
previous quarter. Prices went up by 0.9 per cent in Greater
Helsinki and by 0.2 per cent elsewhere in Finland. Compared to the
corresponding quarter of 2016, prices rose by 2.5 per cent in the
whole country. Prices went up by 3.8 per cent in Greater Helsinki
and by 0.9 per cent in the rest of Finland.

Figure 1. Quarter-on-quarter changes in prices of
dwellings in old blocks of flats

Viewed by type of apartment, prices of one-room flats went up by
0.4 per cent in Greater Helsinki and they were unchanged in the
rest of Finland compared to the previous quarter. Over the same
period, prices of two-room flats were unchanged in Greater Helsinki
and went down by 0.3 per cent in the rest of Finland. Prices of
three-room and larger flats went up by 1.5 per cent in Greater
Helsinki and by 0.6 per cent in the rest of the country.

In the third quarter of 2017, the average price per square metre
of an old dwelling in a block of flats was EUR 2,555 in the whole
country, EUR 4,035 in Greater Helsinki and EUR 1,730 elsewhere in
Finland.

Prices of new dwellings in blocks of flats fell by 2.4 per cent
in the whole country from the previous quarter. Prices went down by
5.5 per cent in Greater Helsinki and by 0.3 per cent in the rest of
Finland. Compared with the corresponding period of 2016, prices of
new dwellings in blocks of flats went up by 5.2 per cent in the
whole country. Prices rose by 3.5 per cent in Greater Helsinki and
by 6.3 per cent elsewhere in Finland.

In the third quarter of 2017, the average price per square metre
of a new dwelling in a block of flats was EUR 3,935 in the whole
country, EUR 4,800 in Greater Helsinki and EUR 3,557 elsewhere in
the country.

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Prices of dwellings in housing companies [e-publication].ISSN=2323-8801. September 2017,
1. Prices of old dwellings in blocks of flats rose in the July to September period
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 19.12.2018].Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/ashi/2017/09/ashi_2017_09_2017-10-27_kat_001_en.html